HARWICH – Police have found the body of a missing 42-year-old Harwich woman near Flax Pond on Queen Anne Road.

Just after 4:30 p.m., police found the woman in a wooded area behind the Family Pantry near some power lines, police Officer Aram Goshgarian said. There were no obvious signs of trauma on her body, he said.

While it will not be official until after a medical examiner's report is completed, Goshgarian speculated the cause of death was most likely hypothermia.

“The elements probably played a big role,” he said, although it’s possible she suffered from some sort of medical emergency.

The woman – whose identity was not released – was reported missing to Harwich police as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. Her family was called to the scene after she was found, Goshgarian said.

The woman was known by the police department, but not in any criminal capacity. She liked walking and taking photographs, Goshgarian said, and was last seen Tuesday at about 7 a.m. in the neighborhood near the Family Pantry.

A K-9 unit, as well as a GPS tracking signal from a cellphone, helped in locating her body, Goshgarian said.

The state police, an investigator from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office and a medical examiner also were at the scene.